Host preferences of low-trunk vascular epiphytes in a cloud forest of Veracruz, Mexico

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 651-660

  Mehltreter, Klaus ^a   Flores Palacios, Alejandro ^b   García Franco, José G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alsophila firma; Bark characteristics; Cyathea divergens; Diversity estimators; Peltapteris peltata; Root mantle; tree ferns; Trichomanes; Water retention capacity

Indexed keywords

CLOUD FOREST; EPIPHYTE; HOST PREFERENCE; VASCULAR PLANT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; VERACRUZ; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALSOPHILA FIRMA; CYATHEA; ELAPHOGLOSSUM PELTATUM; FILICOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TRICHOMANES;

EID: 26844458364     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467405002683     Document Type: Article

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